Hollywood’s takes on the adult-film world

Amanda Seyfriend plays ‘70s porn star Linda Lovelace in Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s biopic “Lovelace,” which opens in Houston this Friday. Lovelace, who found fame with the lead role in 1972’s “Deep Throat,” suffered through an abusive relationship with her controlling husband Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard) before breaking free, eventually becoming an anti-pornography spokesperson.

The film, which was written by Andy Bellin, the son-in-law of Houston’s Sanford and Susie Criner, isn’t the first time the world of adult films has been explored by Hollywood. Check out the gallery above for some of the good and the very bad that have been made. See the “Lovelace” trailer and a timeline of the actress’ life below:

Linda Boreman/Lovelace1949: Born Jan. 10 in New York.

1965: Moves to Florida at 16 with her police-officer father and strict homemaker mother.

1968: Gives birth at 19 and gives the baby up for adoption, later claiming she was tricked into doing so by her parents, who she said misrepresented the authorization papers they persuaded her to sign. Moves back to New York, where a serious car accident requires a major blood transfusion, from which she contracts hepatitis C.

1970: Meets “gentlemen’s club” owner Chuck Traynor, an ex-Marine she marries in 1971. Traynor involves Boreman in prostitution and pornography, and she appears in a number of pornographic “loops,” including one involving bestiality – an appearance the actress denies for some time before finally owning up to it.

1972: “Deep Throat” is released and becomes a cultural phenomenon. On a $30,000 budget, it is estimated to have earned $600 million in today’s dollars. Boreman has said she personally received nothing from the movie, her $1,250 fee having been taken by Traynor. Her subsequent films, including the R-rated “Deep Throat II,” would be box-office busts, but she becomes the most famous actress in porn.

1974: The first two of her autobiographies, “Inside Linda Lovelace” and “The Intimate Diary of Linda Lovelace,” are published, painting a positive, swinging portrait of her life in the industry.

Mid-’70s: Leaves Traynor, eventually marries cable installer Larry Marchiano and has two children before divorcing after more than 20 years of marriage. Traynor marries another porno-chic queen, San Francisco icon Marilyn Chambers, and they stay together for 10 years.

1980: Publishes third autobiography, “Ordeal,” which details extensive abuse and rape. Disparate sources have supported or disputed her claims, which sometimes contradicted earlier statements. In her fourth autobiography, “Out of Bondage,” she stands up for this portrait, and a 1979 polygraph test supported her claims. She becomes an antiporn activist, later complaining that this movement, too, exploits her.